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“Video of a woman who contested as an independent candidate in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections saying that she received zero votes.”
Social media posts Claim dated 20 Nov 2025.
FACTLY rated thisFALSE

What FACTLY found

The woman seen speaking in the video is not an independent candidate who contested the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections. She is Shivani Shukla, who contested as a Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate from the Lalganj Assembly Constituency, and she received 95,483 votes. Furthermore, no contested candidate in the 2025 Bihar Assembly elections received zero votes. The lowest number of votes was secured by Shivam Kumar Sinha, an independent candidate from the Gaya Town Assembly Constituency, who re...

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In short

This claim spread on social media around 20 November 2025. FACTLY (India) looked into it and published its finding on 20 November 2025. Its rating was “FALSE”.

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